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Den 14. april 2012 16:48, skrev Pedro Bessa:
CTRL is better than ALT, because: Super is expressive and cryptic at the same time. You hit Super once and it's expressive. You hold Super, then hit a key and it's cryptic.
What do you mean by "cryptic" in this context? Do you mean combined shortcuts, like Super+S to show the workspace switcher?
cryptic HUD action is CTRL+X and CTRL+V
Ok, I think I understand. CTRL+C is not a HUD action at all. That's a normal application shortcut. What the HUD does is simply to display a search field for menuitem labels. It doesn't provide its own features. It's still defined by the application. It's just accessed a different way.
So your idea is to keep everything as it is, but you should tap Ctrl instead of Alt in order to display the HUD? I think that might be nice as an option, but it shouldn't be the default. This is because on most keyboards, the Alt key is more accessible than the Ctrl key. This means when Alt is used for the HUD, you won't have to move your hands out of position as often. This makes HUD more comfortable.
I've noticed that I've started using Alt "copy" more often than I use Ctrl+C. Though Alt "save" requires more keystrokes, it's both faster and more comfortable than using Ctrl+S, since that requires me to move my hands. If the access key for HUD was moved to Ctrl, it would be far less useful for me.
-- Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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